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PYRRHOTITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrrhotite mean?
• PYRRHOTITE (noun)
The noun PYRRHOTITE has 1 sense:
1. a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties
Familiarity information: PYRRHOTITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
magnetic pyrites; pyrrhotine; pyrrhotite
Hypernyms ("pyrrhotite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
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